Comparison

The Reset Button vs besda

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

The Reset Button

Instantly access guided somatic calming techniques like breathing, orienting, or sound to quickly settle your system during stressful moments. This free app offers a simple, distraction-free experience for immediate relief and daily grounding.

Highlights
  • Guided 2-3 minute grounding sequences
  • Box-breathing animation
  • Sensory settling orienting steps
  • Sound-based calming
  • Simple 'Tap to Reset' interface
  • Distraction-free design
Features
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Feeling overwhelmed? Get a guided 2-3 minute reset. Tap. Reset. Continue. The Reset Button instantly sends you to one of three somatic calming techniques - breathing, gentle orienting or soothing sound - to help your system settle fast. Completely free and contains no ads. How it works: Tap the large Reset button on the home screen. You’ll be taken directly into one of the techniques for a quick, grounding micro-break. What you get: • A simple “Tap to Reset” home screen • A guided 2-3 minute grounding sequence • Box-breathing animation • Orienting steps for sensory settling • Sound-based calming • Clean, distraction-free design Perfect for: • Overwhelming moments • Quick nervous system regulation • Before meetings, social events, or sleep • Daily grounding and micro-breaks The Reset Button is designed for general wellness and is not a medical tool.

About

besda

This app offers a 90-second breathing exercise to help manage overwhelming moments. It features proactive alerts for difficult stretches, private voice memo recording, and an anonymous community feed for dads. Designed for those with ADHD and autism, it provides tools for nervous system regulation.

Highlights
  • 90-second breathing guide
  • Proactive stress alerts
  • On-device voice memo recording
  • Anonymous community feed
  • Work-to-dad mode transition
Features
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Some mornings feel like everything you say makes it worse. besda is for the days when your nervous system is working against you — and you need 90 seconds to reset before you walk back in. Tap Circuit Breaker any time and follow a breathing guide through 90 seconds of physiological sigh. After a few check-ins, the app notices when you're heading into a tough stretch before you do — and has the Circuit Breaker ready before you need it. You can voice-record what you're carrying — it stays on your phone, transcribed by Apple's on-device speech recognition, never sent anywhere. Before you go home, a short three-step transition walks you out of work mode and back into dad mode. The Brotherhood Feed is anonymous posts from dads in the same situation — no usernames, no profiles, just the real stuff. No account. No login. Voice memos stay on your device. Check-in history and everything you record never leaves your phone. Brotherhood Feed posts are anonymous — not linked to you, not linked to your device. Built specifically for ADHD and autistic dads who need tools that actually work when the hard moments hit.

Screenshots

The Reset Button4 screens
besda4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: The Reset Button at 15.0 against besda's 17.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Reset Button against 5.0 for besda. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
The Reset Button versus besda: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Reset Buttonbesda
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMadalina RogozDerek Sanz

Customer experience

The Reset Button

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

besda

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Reset Button

No in-app purchases

None

besda

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Reset Button free?
The Reset Button is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is besda free?
besda is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Reset Button or besda?
The Reset Button and besda are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do The Reset Button or besda have ads?
Neither The Reset Button nor besda shows ads.

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